Development Updates: Mural Coming To Arlo Parking Deck, Bike Lanes Coming to Commerce
Decatur Metro | April 7, 2016 | 10:23 am
From this month’s Decatur Focus…
The streetscape construction around the Arlo development should wrap up by the end of this month, allowing for pedestrian and bicycling access again. The ground floor retail space will then be turned over to the tenants for interior build out.
The sidewalk elevations and streetscape improvements might look a bit odd for a few months. They are being constructed to match elevation changes planned as part of the intersection improvement at the railroad crossing, which is scheduled to start later this year. We are also working with the developer to select an artist to create a mural on the south side of the parking deck, facing College Avenue and the railroad tracks.
The Alexan apartment development on Commerce Drive began leasing last month. The developer is installing bicycle lanes as part of a larger street improvement plan along the Commerce Drive corridor.
Very cool! So glad they will be creating a mural for the Arlo. Hopefully they can locate one of the many artists that decorate the Krog Street Tunnel from time to time. Some really amazing art going on over there!
Does anyone know whether the new bike lanes will be along the entire length of Commerce? Or will it just be a portion of the street near the Alexan? Thanks.
The long-term goal as I’ve heard it is bike facilities from the PATH at Commerce all the way to Clairemont but it’s expected to happen incrementally. The Alexan was originally installing a painted lane but bike advocates pushed the city for a more substantive solution and it’s now back at the drawing board to become a cycle track or some other form of separated lane. Not sure how that will impact the near-term, now that the cones have been removed, but that’s what’s happening.
The plan is also to connect the lanes to the PATH going south.